[Abandoned] - Medieval Denmark

[t-o-m]

for some reason i dont think that the beige "parchment" (the land that is not being used eg. below denmark) - well i dont think that that goes with the theme of the map. the rest of the colours are very dark and to have a light colour i don think that works...i dont know if thats just me or anyone else???
also the legend needs fixing

[Balsiefen]

for some reason i dont think that the beige "parchment" (the land that is not being used eg. below denmark) - well i dont think that that goes with the theme of the map. the rest of the colours are very dark and to have a light colour i don think that works...i dont know if thats just me or anyone else???
also the legend needs fixing

Ok, I had been thinking that as well actually, I'll replace it with a dark brown next update

[TaCktiX]

A good improvement, Balsiefen. Kudos on the work you've put in so far.

Main gripe: Borders are TOO jagged and uneven, particularly around the sea, it looks like a person with rheumatism drew them.
Second gripe: The legend box doesn't contrast as well as it could with the bonuses you put.
Third (and final) gripe: Medieval Denmark looks fine in that font, but the Reign of what's-his-name is almost unreadable entirely. Suggest switching to the font you use for territories and bonuses, which is quite good.

[ZeakCytho]

This is looking pretty good. Here are a few suggestions:

The outermost coastal borders are very pixely/jagged looking, and not in a good way. It's kind of hard to look at.

I both love and hate the territory name font at the same time. It does a really good job of conveying the medieval spirit, but is hard to read in a few places. Could you either make the size a bit bigger (not sure if you have room in some of the territories) or change it to another gothic font that's a bit clearer?

The water doesn't look particularly...watery. I think it could go a few shades darker - not much, but a bit. Also, you could consider increasing the opacity of the texture on it slightly to increase the perception of waves.

For ease of viewing purposes, could you switch the colors of the Red (?) and Blue (?) continents? The current red-green contrast (Between Red (?) and N. Jutland (?))will be difficult to see by colorblind people.

It's hard to tell what continent the tiny island in the center (Anund? I'm not positive because the font is small) belongs to. The above change between Red and Blue should help fix that, though.

There's a lake in the unplayable area in Sweden that's not colored in - the northmost one.

I agree that the legend box doesn't look great right now, but I don't really have any constructive comments. Maybe you could move it a few pixels down and left so it gets a top and right border?

I think that about covers it
I look forward to seeing the next version.

[wcaclimbing]

I have two suggestions to start off:

1. find a different font.
----this one is very difficult to read.

2. make the edges (the big black ones) between the land and water a TON smaller.
----right now they are just sort of dominating the map, and its kinda difficult to see any gameplay with those lines so big.

I'll come back once the black lines are fixed and comment on gameplay. Right now they are blocking the map up too much, making it hard for me to see what attacks what.

[Unit_2]

That text is horrible, please change it.

[Balsiefen]

Thanks guys for some really useful posts there, that should keep me going fo' a bit
Right, split up into the main probs:

Font
This is going to be the most interesting one due to rather a shortage of suitable fonts. However, there are a few i have which, while being less medievally, should be easily readable. The next version i post will have a selection of fonts for you to decide on.

Coast boarders
I can see your point with this actually. I have thinner boarders dividing off the continents, do you thing replacing the coast with that style would be better?

Water
Darken the blue and turn up the opacity-no probs

Red/blue cont switch
again, thats pretty easy

Font(for "reign of vlademar ect)
I can change that. Is the rest of the font in the bonus box easily readable to yous?

Bonus box
As this is on a seperate layer, and i can change it anytime, I'll leave it 'till some of the other stuff is sorted.

[ZeakCytho]

Coast boarders
I can see your point with this actually. I have thinner boarders dividing off the continents, do you thing replacing the coast with that style would be better?

Yes, that would be a major improvement.

[Balsiefen]

Medieval Denmark V1.1

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Right, this map has got the easy things done, sea is darkened, and cont colours altered.

Graphics test 2

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This map has our tricky stuff on it.
Each continent has its own fonts, I'm afraid these are the only fonts I can find which look good.
I've erased the coast boarders in places and put in three new types of boarder, which is best?

[ZeakCytho]

I like the font used on Syaland the best. The coast at the tip of Jutland is the best, I think.

Could you make the sea a tiny bit bluer?

[t-o-m]

I like the font used on Syaland the best. The coast at the tip of Jutland is the best, I think.

Could you make the sea a tiny bit bluer?

bluer yes,
why is there some sort of creamy/white-ish boarder on some boarders on the graphics test?
the key/legend looks out of place, like it hovering or fixed there (complete opposites i know!).
im not too keen on the font youre usuing for the key, i know that that goes with the theme but for some reason its not for me - that is probably just me though

[Balsiefen]

I like the font used on Syaland the best. The coast at the tip of Jutland is the best, I think.

Could you make the sea a tiny bit bluer?

bluer yes,

Will do.

why is there some sort of creamy/white-ish boarder on some boarders on the graphics test?

That is just where i erased the boarder and didn't replace it, dont worry, its only there untill we have a final decisision on coastline.

the key/legend looks out of place, like it hovering or fixed there (complete opposites i know!).
im not too keen on the font youre usuing for the key, i know that that goes with the theme but for some reason its not for me - that is probably just me though

like i said, the key is just there because i have not got round to changing it (which i will when the graphics for the rest of the map are more settled) I'll make it look good later, but for now treat it as purely functional.

[Balsiefen]

I like the font used on Syaland the best. The coast at the tip of Jutland is the best, I think.

Does everyone else agree with this then?

[Balsiefen]

A few more votes would be nice please, and comments are always welcome.

[TaCktiX]

I like the red continent (as yet unnamed) and Syaland. Either of them would work for me.